Where she drinks: "The Bottom Line has three floors with a different vibe for each floor. And I work at the clubs so much that sometimes I want something totally different, a restaurant bar or a hotel bar. I like the bar at Houston's. I would go there just to sit at the bar and have a nice, casual date with someone."

Where he plays:One Eyed Jacks615 Toulouse St., New Orleans, 504.569.8361

Saturn Bar3067 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, 504.949.7532.

Where he drinks: "Jaeger's restaurant bar on Clearview has really cheap oysters, and they've got this one-man band that does a swamp pop night every Wednesday, which is really, really amazing. And Mimi's in the Marigny, because all my friends are there."

Where she drinks: "The Crown & Anchor on Algiers Point. It's your traditional old English pub, featuring darts and an English-accented owner. And Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop down on Bourbon Street. You can feel its history -- I smell buried treasure every time I walk in that door. I also like the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone, which is where you go when you're taking your mother-in-law."

Where he plays:One Eyed Jacks615 Toulouse St., New Orleans, 504.569.8361

All Ways Lounge2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, 504.947.0505.

Where he drinks: "I like Markey's Bar in Bywater because it's a block away from my house. It's a neighborhood bar -- you'll never see anyone pouring a hurricane there. The Kerry Irish Pub has really good Guinness. And I love the Saturn Bar because of its history -- they had bare-knuckle boxing back in the day, and now they have bands playing. And when O'Neil (Broyard) passed away, his nephew Eric and his great-niece Bailee took over. She's 21 and she'll be running that bar someday, keeping it in the same family line."

Markey's Bar
640 Louisa St., New Orleans, 504.943.0785

Kerry Irish Pub
331 Decatur St., New Orleans, 504.286.5862

Saturn Bar3067 St. Claude Ave., 605.949.7532

Eliot Kamenitz / The Times-PicayuneBob French has found a new home for his Monday night gigs: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Club in the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon Street.

Trad behavior: Drummer is fixture on the scene, but blase on bars

Bob French

Why you know him: Outspoken WWOZ DJ and longtime R&B sideman with credits stretching back 50 years -- including a teenage gig alongside James Booker and Art Neville.

His sound: Trad-jazz drums, leading the 99-year-old Original Tuxedo Jazz Band with a formidable New Orleans family pedigree.

Where he drinks: "Now, I don't hang at clubs anymore unless I'm playing. I'm past that. I drink when I'm playing and then I go home. But if I was going to send somebody somewhere, I'd send them to Irvin Mayfield's place at the Royal Sonesta -- I'm prejudiced -- because once you walk in there you don't even know you're on Bourbon Street. It's a nice place. And if I did want to sit down and have a drink, the only place I'd go would be Kermit's (Ruffins) place, Sidney's Saloon, over on St. Bernard."